Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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